Maximus Mum on Delays after Spike in IMR Requests

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe company that secured a two-year no-bid contract to provide independent medical review in California is reportedly adding staff and fax lines while also trying to find ways to be more efficient as attorneys are complaining that they haven't yet heard whether IMR applications submitted in July have been approved for review.Maximus Federal Services won’t say itself what is causing the backlog or what it is doing about it, and also refused to answer questions about how long it takes to determine whether a case is eligible for IMR and how long the pr...